Originally Posted by Ashley 
By unprocessed raw I meant I hadn't adjusted it myself in any way. Simply opened in photoshop, cropped and printed. It was purely a test to see what would happen. I automatically assumed the in camera jpeg would be sharper.
but you did adjust it... you decided to use Photoshop to open it, versus lets say.. SilkyPix, or Aperture.
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also, what are you jpeg settings for your in camera jpegs? which mode were they shot in? Keep in mind sharpness is relative, "0" sharpness is still a debatable point in the sharpness scale...
for instance, a pentax's "-1" sharpness would be "0" sharpness on a canon or something...
what i'm trying to say is that you are chasing your tail, you are trying to compare raw and jpeg in a way that it was not meant to be compared.